Fruit-jar holder.



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FRUIT JAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1|.|918.

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WALTER S. WAGNER, OF VERMILION, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES ARTHUR DANKS, OF VERMILION, SOUTH DAKOTA.

FRUIT-JAR HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application led March 11, 1918. Serial No` 221,770.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, W ALTER S. WAGNER, a citizen. of the United States, and a resident of Vermilion, in the county of Clay and State of South Dakota, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fruit- Jar Holders, of which the following is a specification.V l

My present invention relates to a fruit jar holder, and particularly to a device for holding Mason, or other fruit jars while sealing or opening the same.

An object of my invention is to provide a fruit jar holder which includes a. support upon which a jar is placed to be adjacent a rubber or friction strip, together with means by which the jar is drawn to and clamped tightly against the friction strip to be held against turning upon the support.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, compact, l

neat in appearance, and which is capable of being adjusted to secure varying degress of holding pressure upon the jar through the fact that this holding pressure is exerted by an element adjusted and set manually, the construction of the jar engaging portions being such that the holding and clamping engagement with the jar is over a broad surface to thus guard against undue pressure at any one point which might crack or break the jar.

Further objects of my invention will appear in the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device of my invention as the parts would appear when adjusted for reception 'of a jar.

Fig. 2 is a top plan. view with parts shown in horizontal section, and illustrating by dotted lines the manner in which a jar is held.

In the drawing, where lsimilar characters refer to similar parts throughout the views, A designates the case, which has the jar support B extending therefrom, the friction strip being indicated at C, and the jar clamping portion being illustrated as a webbing strip D, which is tightened by the spindle E terminating at its outer end in a hand grip and revolubly mounted within the case A.

The case is made up with an extension of the support B as the bottom thereof and then the side walls 3 and 4 rise from this bottom, the top 5 being mounted at the upper edges of the side walls in a plane substantially parallel with the bottom portion and the support B. On the inner edgesof the side walls and the top, the strips 6 and 7 are mounted,.and a strip 8 is secured at its lower end to the support B and its upper end on the inner edge of the top portion 5,

this central strip beingI spaced somewhat from the side strips 6 and 7 and the friction Strip C, which is of rubber or other suitable material being mounted on the central strip 8.

The extension of the support B forming the bottom of the case, and the top portion 5 of the case, are provided with bearing openings substantially as shown at 9, in Fig. l, and the spindle E is revolubly mounted within these bearing openings, this spindle terminating in a hand grip portion 10 eX- tending from the case and scored or otherwise roughened to give a better hold within the hand. The webbing strip D has one end thereof passed through the clearance opening left between the central strip S and the side strip 6, and this end is secured to the side 3 of the case by use of nails 1l, or other suitable fastcnings. The webbing strip is then looped in its body portion and the remaining end is passed through the space between the strips 7 and 8. this end being secured upon. the spindle E by the employment of fastenings as indicated at 12, and the extreme end being preferably reduced as shown in Fig. 2 so that the webbing strip will have the outer line thereof merged gradually into the line of the spindle. While the caso A has been described as being made up of a plurality of members, it will of course be understood that this case might be stamped from a singley piece of sheet metal, that the case and the support might be cast from suitable material, or that the parts might in fact be constructed in a number of other ways than herein described, and it will be further appreciated that while 1 have spoken of the member D as heing a web strip, this strip might be of leather or other material of a suiciently pliable nature to be looped in the proper form and to engage with a jar in the manner desired.

Also, a crank handle might be substituted for the hand grip or the hand grip portion 10 might be flattened to give a form which can be more readily gripped and held.

The use of the holder is as follows:

Assuming that the parts are in the 4relation shown in Fig. l, the device will be set to be disposed with the spindle l0 in an upright relation in which position the support B will function as a supporting base. jar is then placed with the base end thereof received within the loop of the webbing strip and is seated upon the support B, following which the hand grip portion 10 is grasped and is turned to revolve the spindle E which will cause the webbing strip to be taken up thereon substantially as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The webbing strip, in the looped portion, will be tightened about the ar to draw the same in to be clamped against the rubber or other friction strip C, and as long as the webbing strip is held tightened about the jar sufficiently to clamp the saine tightly against the friction strip, the will be retained against turning uponthe support B. A jar might be mounted to be held within the loop of the webbing strip and then be filled following which the usual screw closing cap can be fitted in place and can be properly tightened, the frictional engagement of the jar with the strip D acting to retain the jar against turning in this tightening of the cap, or filled jars might be placed to be held by the device while the closing caps are being tightened, it beine` equally true that the device can be employed in holding a jar which is to be opened. When the sealing or opening operations have been completed, the hand grip portion l0 may be returned in a reverse direction and the webbing strip D is then released from its gripping or clamping engagement to leave the jar free to be removed.

Other changes in details, aside from those hereinbefore specifically mentioned, may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention; but,

I claim:

l. A fruit jar holder including with a case having a support extending therefrom upon which a fruit jar is to be placed, said case having spaced slit-like openings through that side adjacent the support, a strip of friction material facing the portion between the slit-like openings, a spindle revolubly mounted within the case and having a hand grip portion extending therefrom, a webbing strip looped in its body portion to receive a jar placed upon the support and having the ends thereof extending through the spaced slit-like openings, and means by which one end of said webbing strip is secured and anchored in conjunction with the case while the remaining end is connected with the revolubly mounted spindle.

2. A fruit jar holder including a case, having a support extending therefrom upon which a fruitj ar is to beplaced, said case having spaced slit-like openings through the side adjacent said support, a strip of friction material attached to the outer surface of the portion between said slit-lile open ings, a webbing strip looped in a body portion to receive a jar placed on the support, one end of said webbing strip being anchored to said case, and means connected with the other end of the webbing strip whereby the latter may be drawn tightly about a jar.

WALTER S. WAGNER.

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